Contents Foreword Felice J. Levine and James J. Zuiches John E. Lee Jr. Acknowledgments List of Acronyms 1. Introduction 2. Establishing the Division: The Background 3. The Division as an Organization 4. Research Priorities and Programs: Continuities and Discontinuities 5. Farm and Rural Population 6. Levels and Standards of Living 7. The Social Organization of Rural Society: Locality and Other Groups 8. The Social Organization of Rural Life: Institutions and Services 9. Farm Labor 10. The Sociology of Agriculture 11. The Division and Black Populations Yvonne Oliver 12. The Practice of Sociology: I 13. The Practice of Sociology: II 14. Some Other Areas of Research 15. The Division and the Social Science Research System 16. Retrospect and Reflections Epilogue Appendix: Persons on the Professional Staff of the Division of Farm Population and Rural Life, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1919-1953 References Index